A multimodal E-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester with a built-in bistability and internal resonance

Z Xie, L Liu, W Huang, R Shu, S Ge, Y Xin… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abundant and renewable vibration energy has been regarded as an alternative power
source for the massive sensors of the Internet of Things, but the broadband and efficient …

Analysis and experiment of auxetic centrifugal softening impact energy harvesting from ultra-low-frequency rotational excitations

S Fang, K Chen, Z Lai, S Zhou, WH Liao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous ultra-low-frequency rotational motions have become a kind of potential
source for energy harvesting. Despite this, achieving high energy output at ultra-low …

A bio-inspired system for simultaneous vibration isolation and energy harvesting in post-capture spacecraft

S Fang, K Chen, Z Lai, S Zhou, D Yurchenko… - … Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vibrations and drifting motions of a post-capture spacecraft may lead to its instability and
safety risk, which therefore need to be absorbed or isolated. However, it is expected that the …

Performance and dynamics of a novel bistable vibration energy harvester with appended nonlinear elastic boundary

X Li, D Yurchenko, R Li, X Feng, B Yan… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel bistable energy harvester coupled with a nonlinear elastic
boundary (BEH-NB) to enhance energy harvesting performance. The analytical model of …

Active vibration isolation performance of the bistable nonlinear electromagnetic actuator with the elastic boundary

K Yang, W Tong, L Lin, D Yurchenko, J Wang - Journal of Sound and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper thoroughly investigates the broadband active vibration isolation of a bistable
nonlinear electromagnetic actuator with an elastic boundary (simply named EB-bistable …

Internal resonance characteristics of a bistable electromagnetic energy harvester for performance enhancement

J Zhang, Y Zhi, K Yang, N Hu, Y Peng… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper explores the internal resonance characteristics of a bistable electromagnetic
vibration energy harvester (BEEH) and utilizes the feature to achieve energy harvesting …

A nonresonant triboelectric-electromagnetic energy harvester via a vibro-impact mechanism for low-frequency multi-directional excitations

H Zhao, H Ouyang, H Zhang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A majority of current studies about non-resonant energy harvesters for low-frequency energy
are based on pure experiment without theoretical modeling. In this work, a novel hybrid …

An enhanced nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvester with multiple rotating square unit cells

K Chen, S Fang, Q Gao, D Zou, J Cao… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new method is proposed to enhance the performance of auxetic nonlinear
piezoelectric energy harvesting by increasing the unit cell number of auxetic structure. This …

A vibro-impact triboelectric energy harvester with a magnetic bistable mechanism and grating-patterned films for dual power enhancement

H Zhao, H Ouyang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, in the field of triboelectric energy harvesting, there have been extensive studies of
material science and manufacturing aspects, but much less on structural vibration aspect …

Enhanced broadband performance of magnetically coupled bistable energy harvester with barrier-decreasing effect

Q Jiang, C Yu, Q Gao, S Fang, N Zhang… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2025 - Elsevier
A high potential barrier is not conducive to triggering the snap-through motion of a bistable
oscillator. The magnetically coupled bistable energy harvester with multiple degrees of …